Is there a way to make it just a wifi tab and eliminate the data? Also, are there any system images floating around to reflash back to stock?
Breakthecycle2 said:
Is there a way to make it just a wifi tab and eliminate the data? Also, are there any system images floating around to reflash back to stock?
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Yeah, just turn off mobile data on the phone, or remove the SIM card, either or. Voila, WiFi only!
If you're not interested in voice calling, there's no need to reflash, you're just editing a file to unlock it, that you can replace with the backup you should have made.
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Yesterday i decide to unlock and root my Nexus, wrong decision. After that i cant get pay apps from market y try everithing un-odex-ed Vending.apk, clear market cacher, restore from backup, and the last thing was restore the original shipped rom with this guide without luck. I restore the phone full to the factory shipped room, radio, boot image, recovery image and system image.
Somebody can help me on this?
Check your APN settings and make sure they're correct with your carrier.
Settings > Wireless > Mobile Networks > APN
Something like that.. Just going off memory. If they're not right, you could be connecting using the wrong network and that could be why it's blocking you. Now if you're using WiFi and it's still not letting you, then I'm at a loss...
In your picture it looks like you do not have a sim card in, so if you have not already, try it with the sim card in. Since I am attempting to "help" I am guessing you may not be signed in to a google account, and without being signed in they can't collect payment for the money apps.
This was the problem i was setting up the nexus with out simcard because i dont want miss any call. Dam a hole day in this shi.....
Thanks all for you help
I got my girl a Shift on my plan. I wanted to surprise her and have it all setup...rooted with free wifi tether then give it to her. So, I had to enter a google account so I could access the market. I entered mine, thinking I could pull it back out and put hers in when she created one (she's a yahoo user). I added hers, but it says you can't delete the main one. without doing an erase Not that I care if she has all my contacts and info...but she wants her own stuff. i really don't want to totally wipe the phone and have to re-root it and redo the aps. Help?
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Dave
Android n00b
stormchaser404 said:
I got my girl a Shift on my plan. I wanted to surprise her and have it all setup...rooted with free wifi tether then give it to her. So, I had to enter a google account so I could access the market. I entered mine, thinking I could pull it back out and put hers in when she created one (she's a yahoo user). I added hers, but it says you can't delete the main one. without doing an erase Not that I care if she has all my contacts and info...but she wants her own stuff. i really don't want to totally wipe the phone and have to re-root it and redo the aps. Help?
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Dave
Android n00b
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Dave
Backup your apps with Ti Backup, do a reset (you don't need to un-root to do that), and win.
riggsandroid said:
Dave
Backup your apps with Ti Backup, do a reset (you don't need to un-root to do that), and win.
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Oh...the only app I've added is wifi tether, so that's not a big deal to put back on...I was worried about re-rooting. I'm a total n00b. So...how to I reset it? lol
Also, that backup app...is that something I can get in the market?
stormchaser404 said:
Oh...the only app I've added is wifi tether, so that's not a big deal to put back on...I was worried about re-rooting. I'm a total n00b. So...how to I reset it? lol
Also, that backup app...is that something I can get in the market?
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Do you have Clockwork Mod Recovery installed via ROM Manager?
Also the app I referenced is actually called "Titanium Backup" - link here - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&feature=search_result
What ROM are you running? Did you do perm root? Resetting factory data shouldn't lose root if you perm rooted it.
Are you running clockwork recovery?
Anyways check this link. 2 methods. Hope this helps.
fanofandroid.com/2011/04/how-to-factory-reset-htc-evo-shift-4g.html
is it possible to switch the accounts around without doing a reset? I'm sure she could do the reset, but if anything goes wrong, like it needing to be re-rooted...she is NOT capable of that. The reason i'm asking is my girl is 3 hours away and I'd like to port over her number before the wekend but don't want her stuck witghout her contacts. And she has MY contacts right now.
if you're perm rooted (not temp), then you do not have to "re-root". just go into Settings>SD & Phone Storage & hit Factory reset. the only thing you're gonna lose are your apps and contacts.
then when its done. she puts in her own gmail account, and her own contacts... redownload the one app you put in and you're done.
Hello all,
I just installed the gingerbread update for the droid x yesterday. I got to say I absolutely hate it! My music application doesn't seem to be working. My music files dont work at all. My phone doesn't run smoother whatsoever. I'm actually noticing a lot of lagging even when my phone is in maximum performance mode. On my texting app my keyboard doesnt work well. It also lags. I dont want to flash my phone but at the same time I want to go back to froyo. Is there anything I can do? If this isnt possible Id like to at least get my phone to work smoothly with GB. Any help would be greatly appreicated. Thanks in advance.
You can flash back to Froyo or you can try a factory reset on you GB config. I've seen some reports that it helps random issues experienced with the OTA GB.
I have the same symptoms. I don't really want to lose my application data, and I forgot to do a data backup before upgrading. Is there any application (like Titanium backup) that can save my settings without having root (unlike Titanium backup)? Is there any path for me that would preserve my app data? I have seen several postings that recommend SBF-ing back to Froyo and then using the rooted upgrade. If I follow this path, will I lose application data? It seems to me that the options are:
1) factory reset
2) SBF back to Froyo before updating with rooted Gingerbread
3) wait for root on OTA Gingerbread and do a Titanium backup
Option #1 is guaranteed to lose my data. Option #2 I'm not sure about. Option #3 is where I am now, and it's downright painful. My phone is barely functional at the moment.
Option 2 is option 1 taken a step further. If you don't wipe data, it may not boot. If all of your apps are from the market, they will just download again after it
I'm not worried about apps. I'm worried about the data. It will take forever to get three stars on every level of Angry Birds. It's not all about Angry Birds, but I think you get the idea. Does the data get backed up to Google as well? I don't think it would.
So, I have not gotten an answer to this. Anyone have any suggestions on how I can revert from the OTA update without losing my application data? For example, is there a way to mount the phone filesystem in Linux and copy the files?
wisekb said:
So, I have not gotten an answer to this. Anyone have any suggestions on how I can revert from the OTA update without losing my application data? For example, is there a way to mount the phone filesystem in Linux and copy the files?
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Copy /data/data to your sdcard.
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What is the best app for doing a full backup without rooting?
Thanks
richard371 said:
What is the best app for doing a full backup without rooting?
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I would use Helium for backups without rooting.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5rb3VzaGlrZHV0dGEuYmFja3VwIl0.
richard371 said:
What is the best app for doing a full backup without rooting?
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I use this : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts&feature
It backs up apps / contact / sms / calendars
pretty much everything and every has an option to send backups to your gmail.
if you want a back up for your rom, theres a way to catch the rom for your carrier from kies described here.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261573
Its particularly useful if your carrier's stock rom is not found in sammobile yet.
Thanks. I mainly just want to back up my icon locations and settings etc in case i need to wipe the phone I don't have to try and remember what settings I had or where are my icons were etc.
Another +1 for Helium. Super simple and it works. I used it to backup some apps on my old phone before moving to the S4. Once I got the S4 I was able to restore them with no problem.
http://www.clockworkmod.com/carbon
Hello,
I literally installed the Facebook app from Google Play on my Nexus 4 hours ago and then my phone literally went blank. Eventually my phone was turned off as there was no more battery. I charged it and powered it but it no longer boots (it has been stuck at the X screen for hours). Is it possible to backup my files despite this so I can try to reinstall a custom ROM/unroot my Nexus 4?
I spent some time searching the forums and couldn't find the answer, so any response would be helpful and appreciated. Thanks.
One of the suggestions here might help you as well:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/access-device-computer-cracked-screen-t2885335
Do let know if it doesn't!
oopsy said:
Hello,
I literally installed the Facebook app from Google Play on my Nexus 4 hours ago and then my phone literally went blank. Eventually my phone was turned off as there was no more battery. I charged it and powered it but it no longer boots (it has been stuck at the X screen for hours). Is it possible to backup my files despite this so I can try to reinstall a custom ROM/unroot my Nexus 4?
I spent some time searching the forums and couldn't find the answer, so any response would be helpful and appreciated. Thanks.
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Maybe, it depends if you can boot into recovery and have a custom recovery
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SirHat said:
One of the suggestions here might help you as well:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/access-device-computer-cracked-screen-t2885335
Do let know if it doesn't!
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Thanks I'm actually trying something from here.
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Maybe, it depends if you can boot into recovery and have a custom recovery
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I can. I am running on TWRP v2.3.2.3 but I don't think I can access the files through ADB as I did not set it to Development Mode (ever). It seems I can actually back it up through TWRP, but my concern is I don't know how to extract it out of my phone because once I reinstall JB everything will be wiped right?
Once I reinstall a JB version that means everything will be erased. Does anyone how to keep that backup from TWRP if you can't take it out from your phone? It appears my version doesn't seem to have Nandroid.
Also, does anyone know if it's "System" that stores all the contacts/text messages?
I want to backup my Data folder too but I only have 900mb free space left on my phone (I have the 8gb version) and my Data file is about 1.5gb. I don't remember if I have anything valuable in my Data file that I need to recover, so just to be sure, does anyone know if I can explore my "Data" folder to remove content to make it smaller so I can back it up? Thanks.
ADB via recovery should be the way to go then.
Did you try something as an ADB file manager?
See: https://github.com/sole/aafm for example.
This should allow you to copy the files to your PC without having to backing them up first on the device itself.
An alternative way would be to connect to the (ADB) shell, delete some useless files.. like music and stuff you already have (or package music as one archive - download - delete) etc. Till you have enough to package the data directory in one go. If done right the archive should preserve file permissions which is an extra plus I guess.
The way I try to make sure I don't have a problem like this is:
- Letting TitaniumBackup backup all important applications + data every night @ 4 AM when it's charging (while I am sleeping).
- Use FolderSync to sync the new backups to a server I have running. Could also be cloud of course. (Only on Wifi and while charging)
Good luck!
If you can boot into recovery it might be possible to pull data there.
Also, if you know which ROM was installed, you can try just flashing the system partition of respective ROM. It might not fix your issue but might allow you to boot and backup your data prior to completely resetting everything.
I've had something similar once. Tried all kind of solutions via recovery/fastboot/adb and only flashing a clean system image allowed me to recover important data. The phone was unusable still (constant FC's) but it allowed me to establish an adb connection and pull all data I didn't want to lose.
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Problem Solved, didn't follow any of the suggestions. Thanks though.
If you can, please do put your solution here so other people with a similar problem can use search and find the solution. Thanks!
SirHat said:
If you can, please do put your solution here so other people with a similar problem can use search and find the solution. Thanks!
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To be honest, I actually didn't. I decided to perform a reset and lose my data (and reinstall my ROM) as I didn't have the patience to experiment and figure it out. I just don't have time for that.